Two glutamate decarboxylase forms corresponding to the mammalian GAD65 and GAD67 are expressed during development of the chick telencephalon

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2111-2117

  Åhman, Anna Karin ^a   Wågberg, Fredrik ^a   Mattsson, Mats Olof ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GABA; GAD activity; Immunoblotting; Neuronal development; Northern blotting; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TELENCEPHALON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0029857667     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb00732.x     Document Type: Article

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